Sinus pain--NOT

[Justin]

Found out today PSA dropped to 1.01. I guess the three kidney stones I passed (not fun) and the resulting UTI agrivated my prostate. This is one of those "Praise the Lord" times. Still not over the terible fatigue. My testosterone level was low (a side effect of opioids) and the urologist gave me a script for Androgel. I also need to get the cause for the low T3 & T4 with a normal TSH.

Great news, JOAT!

[runagain]

Jack,

You always crack me up and I needed a good laugh.
Investigating the docs, making sure they are to the muster, sounds like something I would do. Nothing to fool around with when you think about the possibility of CA.
Glad it is okay.
Loved the pool joke, too.
Did your head aches go away?
I got Fiornal from my ENT doc too. It helps if I have a really bad sinus headache. Long hx of sinus infections, you know.
Going to a shrink, that is covering all the bases now.
Sorry, about the kidney stone, just talkin to a friend last week about his episode. No fun.

R

[Jack-of-all-trades]

Great news Jack! Hopefully now that you are down to one (1) percocet a day your testosterone level will get back right and you won't have to take the new drug. What idoes low T3 and T4 with a nomal TSH mean? I tell ya this hot humid July we are having is not helping the fatigue. Hope you get right soon. Sounds like you are almost there.
Linda

I hope you are right about the low "T". I'm having both PSA and testosterone checked again in 6 months. In the mean time, supplementation with such a low dose of anabolic steroid as needed to gut up to normal doesn't carry the risk of those who use it in mega-doses for body building. There has been adds on TV for those over 45 to have there "T" checked as low "T" can be a normal part of aging. I'm way past 45. As a side, I really don't think pharmaceutical companies should advertise on TV.

The only thing I remember is T3-T4 (thyroid hormone) is quite complex involving the hypothalamus and the pituitary glands in our skulls. The pituitary is at the base of the brain. It is a feedback kind of thing where when thyroid hormone gets low the hypo signals the pit to release thyroid stimulating hormone (TSH) which signals the thyroid to produce T3 and T4. All the more proof about the complexity and that life is truly a miracle.

I'm doing my ostrich thing right now and putting my head in the sand. I have a F/U appointment with a endocrinologist in two weeks. I would just as soon not know all the possibilities. I'll try and do some research the day before I see him.

[Jack-of-all-trades]

Jack,

You always crack me up and I needed a good laugh.
Investigating the docs, making sure they are to the muster, sounds like something I would do. Nothing to fool around with when you think about the possibility of CA.
Glad it is okay.
Loved the pool joke, too.
Did your head aches go away?
I got Fiornal from my ENT doc too. It helps if I have a really bad sinus headache. Long hx of sinus infections, you know.
Going to a shrink, that is covering all the bases now.
Sorry, about the kidney stone, just talkin to a friend last week about his episode. No fun.

R

For a week, then couple days on then couple days off. They usually don't last but 2-3 hours. I found out stress can also be a cause of cluster headaches. Thankfully, opioids don't work well for cluster headaches. Right now I can handle them OK. Once all this other stuff gets cleared up I'll pursue options. There are many that don't involve habit forming meds.

[runagain]

Yeah,

The Fiornal I only take for a day or two.
And the sinus headache has to be really irritating.
I started getting sinus H/As pre sinus infection. My sinus would really
start hurting and there would be no infection.
But eventually, it would show its face.
Sometimes don't get an extreme H/A; others I get a bad one.
The H/A is usually with the sinus infection that causes a high fever.
In my case, anyway.

Hope you don't have to go to so many doctors soon.
There are better things to do.

R